STCW Personal Survival Techniques Course intends to equip people who go to sea professionally with essential basic knowledge and experience that can be applied to maximise their chances of survival in the event of an emergency.

This course is needed for all crew. The STCW 2010 Personal Survival Techniques course in in line with meeting the requirements laid down in, STCW 1978 as amended (Including STCW95 and STCW 2010) Regulation VI/1 and STCW Code Section A-VI/1 Paragraphs 2.1.1

Introduction Safety & Survival

Safety Guidance

Principles of Survival at sea

Definitions, survival craft and appliances

SOLAS Training manual

Safety Symbols

Emergency situations

Types of emergencies

Precautions

Fire Provisions

Foundering

Crew expertise and initial familiarisation

Muster List and emergency signals

Crew and emergency instructions

Extra equipment and survival

Abandon ship – complications

Evacuation

Abandoning ship last resort

Personal preparation for abandoning ship

Need to prevent panic

Crew duties to passengers

Crew duties launching survival craft

Masters orders to abandon ship

Means of Survival

Survival Craft and Rescue boats

Lifeboats

Life-rafts

Rescue boats

Personal Life-saving appliances

Lifebuoys

Life-jackets

Immersion suits/anti-exposure suit

Thermal Protective aids

Personal Life-saving appliances (Demonstrations)

Lifebuoys

Life-jackets

Inflatable life-jackets

Immersion suits or anti-exposure suit

Thermal protective aids

Personal survival without a life-jacket

Boarding survival craft

Survival at sea

Dangers to survivors

Best use of survival craft facilities

Emergency radio equipment (Lecture and Demonstrations)

Portable radio apparatus for survival craft

Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs)

Search and Rescue transponders (SARTs)

Helicopter assistance

Communicating with the helicopter

Evacuation from ship and survival craft

Helicopter pick-up

Correct use of helicopter harness

Ability After Course: The Personal Survival Techniques Certificate covers the requirements of the 1995 STCW Convention and Code Chapter VI, Section A – VI/1. On Completion of this course, a trainee will be able to survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment.Duration: 1 Day